Radiator-support.



F. S. CLEGHORN & H. E. BARBER.

RADIATOR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. I916.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Inveni/ ors Harry EB ambe r,

Man7eS.Zeg71/0rm I M V f a /M v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. CLEGHORN, Oil! BROOKLINE, AND HARRY E. BARBER, 015 BOSTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

RADIATOR-SUPP ORT.

7 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANK S. CLEGHORN and HARRY E. BARBER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Brookline and Boston, respectively, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, respectively, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Radiator-Supports, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings rep-- ed to hold suspended adjacent a vertical wall a radiator of the type commonly known. as wall radiators. Such-radiators are usually formed as a kind of grille of tubes or pipes and they frequently extend for considerable distances in large rooms or corridors. The longitudinal expansion is therefore great and requires special 'consideration.

Our invention will be best understood by reference to the following descriptlon taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of a radiator of the wall type held by a pair of brackets con structed according to our invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of a bracket embodying our invention, a part of the radiator being i seen. that the one form of our invention con-.

shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a face view of the bracket; Fig. 4 is atop plan view, the radiator tubes or pipes being shown in section; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of construction.

Our invention is allied to those described in our Patents 1,175,706 and 1,17 5,7 07 dated March 14, 1916, and we will'be somewhat brief in our description in so far as the form illustrated includes features of construction which were embodied in the structures shown in these patents. 7

Referring to Figs. 1 and 4, it will be templates the use of brackets A which are attached toa vertical wall and which sus-" tain a radiator B by being secured thereto Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 25, 1916. Serial No. 80,548.

Patented oct. 17, 1916.

preferably along a comparatively narrowv vertical zone near its base. A convenient form of this bracket A consists of a relatively small base plate :2 which provides What is substantially a one-point contact with a vertical wall. This base plate is attached to the wall by a bolt 3 which is preferably, disposed in a slot 4 .to provide for yertical adjustment of the bracket so that lt may be brought into accurate horizontal alinement with another. Extending from the plate 2 is a substantially horizontal supporting armor rest 5 which is adapted to engage the bottom tube of the radiator or some other horizontal portion thereofand hold the radiator suspended. We have herein shown a lug (3 on the arm 5 to assist in positioning the radiator thereon. Means are provided to retain the radiator on the rest 5 and to keep it in a vertical position, such means being exemplified in the embodiment of the invention here shown by the vertical supporting member or plumbing column 7 which extends vertically from the arm 5 in spaced relation to the base plate 2, In other words, in the embodiment of the Invention herein illustrated the outer part of the arm 5 and the supporting memher 7 form an angular receiving portion which approximates in form the lower part of the radiator and which is connected by the neck 5 to the base plate 2. When the bracket is in position the radiator is supported and held spaced from the Wall by the neck 5and the space behind it is obstructed to a minimum degree and there are y no widely spaced fastenings to exert a. twisting or crushing strain on the plaster of the wall. The radiator is placed in position on the rest 5 against the lug 6 if one is used, and held vertically! by being.- clamped toward or stayed to the member 7,

preferably at an intermediate point in its height, in a manner to be hereafter described.

When the -radiator is subjected to extremes of temperature the various pipes or tubes thereof expand and contract and. in

particular a sliding movement overthe arm 5 is developed. In order to permitv thismovement to take place freely, we preferably arrange the clamping means which-stays the radiator to the member 7 so as to permit this movement. -For this purpose the member 7 maycarry an open frame 8, bestthis longitudinal movement without lmposshown in Fig. 3, whichfurnishes bearings for a guide or track 9 here shown as a round may move thereon freely within the limits of the frame and to which the radiator is stayed by means of the bolts or screws 12 and 13. These screws 12 and 13 provide abutments adjustable to cause the radiator to fulcrum on the arm 5 so as to bring it to the exact vertical position irrespective of the original angular position of the bracket as a whole .and which clamp the radiator between them. To this end we provide the screw 12 adjustable from the front of the radiator between pipes thereof and engaging these pipes at the rear side and forming an abutment against which the radiator maybeclamped by the screw 13 which carries the washer block 14 engaging the pipes onthe outer side. This clamping means is similar to that described in our Patent No. 1,17 5, 707 above referred to and for a fuller explanation thereof we refer -thereto.-

To adjust the radiator in position 'it is placed on the arm 5 and pressed backwardly the head of the screw 12. The screw against 12 is then adjusted by means of a suitable tool such as a screw driver,.which maybe extended between adjacent vertical pipes of the radiator, until the radiator is brought to the' exact vertical. It is then clamped into position by the screw 13. We have herein shown the block: 10 as provided with rounded ends 11 to permit it to turn freely on the guide 9 so that it will not bind in the frame 8 if the screws 12 and 13' are unevenly tensioned. WVhen the radiator is thus in position and is subjected to a considerable rise in temperature it will tend to expand and this expansion will be par-' ticularly marked longitudinally in view of the proportions of the radiator (See Fig.

1.) The lowermost part of the radiator will slide on the rest 5 and the block 10 will move freely along the guide 9 and permit ing strains on the radiator or on the sup port and without disturbing the-adjustment to the vertical of the radiator.

If desired suitable anti-friction means may be provided to facilitate the sliding movement of the radiator on the arm. 5. For example, in Fig.5 we have illustrated the arm as formed with a roller 5, preferably of hour-glass form to fit the bottom,

2 'of the ordinary type of wall radiator, which roller is journaled in any suitable manner as by means-of the tap bolt 5 which constitutes the outer part of the arm 5.

By the use of our invention the radiator is securely held but allowed sufiicient lost motion to obtain the best results At the same time the fastenings are small and of minimum weight. It is also possible to sustain the radiator by means of one row of fastenings and it is not necessary to attempt the difficult feat of adjusting four supports as it will be seen that all that is necessary is to aline the supporting arms 5 as the clamping devices lOand 11 do not engage beneath any part of the radiator and their precise vertical position is immaterialf The strains of longitudinal expansion are taken up by the motion provided 'for by the sliding blocks '10 and the efiect of other warping and twisting strains is minimized be cause the brackets have what is substantially one-point contact with the wall through c the small base plates 2. A great deal of radiator above the clamping screw 12 is, as a matter of fact, free to come and go at will without imposing any strain on the wall fastenings.

While we have shown one specific form' of our invention and described it in considerable deta1l the precise mechan cal deslgn of our device 18 not of primary 1m"- :portance although we prefer the form herein illustrated. It may however be considerably varied without departing ,from the spirit of our invention and What we do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: j

1. A support for radiators comprising a suspending arm to receive a horizontal part of the radiator and a supporting member presented to the back of the radiator including a frame, a guide bridging said frame, a block slidably and rotatably mounted on said guide. and devices sup ported by said block to stay the-radiator thereto and adjustable individually respectively to move the radiatorfrom and to- I ward the same.

2; A support for radiators comprising 'a suspending arm to receive a horizontal part of the radiator, a supporting member pre-- sented to the back of the radiator, a slide block held thereby in a plane parallel to the radiator and free for horizontal movement therein and means to stay-theradiator to said slide block. e

3. Supporting means for radiators comprising a bracket arm for suspending therod, an apertured block slidable on said rod and screw means tapping said block for radiator, a second arm disposed adj acent the staying the radiator thereto and holding the same upright on said bracket arm.

4. A supporting bracket for radiators comprising a suspending arm to receive a horizontal portion of the radiator, a substan tiall vertically disposed member presented to t e back of the radiator and means to clamp said radiator and adjust it toward and from said member, said means being of the radiator,

carried by and having horizontal play on said member.

5. A support for radiators comprising a suspending arm to receive a horizontal part a supporting member presented to the back of the radiator and devices carried by said member with freedom of play in the horizontal direction only serving to stay the radiator to said supporting member to sustain the same upright 10. on said arm and adjustable individually respectively to move the radiator from and toward the supporting member.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification.

FRANK S. GLEGHORN. HARRY E. BARBER. 

